Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, February 28, 1911, Image 1
Wm Mil writ w Wwwm VOL. X. SAYS RECIPROCITY WILL WREAK RUIN TO FARMERS OF 0. S. Senator McCumber Declares Agricultural Trade Is In creasing Without Need of Treaty With Canada (By A MOCiAted Brest.) • WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-Responsibility for the conditions with which they are now confronted was charged tn part to the farmers thoroaelves by Senator Mc- Cumber, of North Dakota, today, in a speech tn the eenate against the McCall Mil, which puts into form for enactment Info law the provisions of the Canadian reciprocity agreement Holding that the ratification of the agr ram ent would spell disaster for the agricultural Interests the senator said that they had loaned their ears-to argu ments that were urged for lower rates of duty at the Ume of the passage of the Payne-Aldrich bill and their having given their votes In the ensuing election to the opponents of those members of congress who had voted with the leaders in the two houses, had been the undoing of the farmers. He declared that when a cru sade agatnat the whole tariff system was launched in the press that “naturaly con servatism lost her balance and everything in the tariff bill was condemned.” That we needed money, he continued, 'to run the government was loot sight of. and a wave of free tra telsm that would have destroyed every vestige of protection and left the government without revenue swept over the country.” SECTIONALISM IN TARIFF. Mr. McCumber referred to the section alism that developed in the tariff situa tion. and the desire of one part of the country to have its own products protect ed while those of another part should be made to compete with the free goods brought in from abroad. ••Under these conditions.” he said, “men of the middle west were destroyed be cause they allowed protection on fabrics and thereby increased cost of living. The men of the east were destroyed because they allowed protection on food products and thereby increased the cost of living Out of this turmoil a new political creed was born, and the hero of each locality was he who cried. ‘Protection on every thing that we produce and free trade on everything the rest of the country pro duces.’ This is bossism’ o fthe promt day.” ‘The end to which all this madness pointed,** said Mr. McCumber, was plain to him. The farmer had been “poison ed by the virus with which the politi cal had been impregnated, and he. in too many instances like all the others, turned against those who had labored for hla benefit and others de strowed them or punished them with greatly diminished majorities.” “It was rough, no matter what he may have done to protect the Interests of his own state, for a senator or a representative to have been caught eev-1 eral times voting "the same way as the, • chairman of ths committee on finance t had voted." That meant the opposition of thos«» who had yielded to the clamor, i The president, said Mr. McCumber.: should not be censured for his advocacy of the reciprocity agreement. The farmers had shown by their votes last i fall that they had not wanted to return | the representatives who bad defended their interests in the tariff legislation and that meant that the farmers did not care whether they were protected or not Retributive punishment, however. Mr. McCumber said, was no part of his faith. He did not believe in retaliation upon the farmers by the enactment of the McCall bill when theirs had been “the mild offense of having been mis led by the press and magazines of the country.” AGRICULTURISTS AFFECTED. The speaker held that no class were so vitally affected by the measure as the agriculturists. He dwelt upon the threat to those interests that lay in the throwing open of this country for the free eontry of farm prducts from a ter ritory so rich in soil and opportunities as northwestern Canada. Reciprocity, said the speaker. was not needed to increase this country's trade with Canada it is increasing as it ia A plea for the farmer was made and the speaker sounded a note of warn ing. he said, to those senators who rep resent the great cities with their enorm ous wealth. 'Every great conflict Is not determined in favor of him f who strikes the first blow,” said Mr. Mc- Cumber. “But in favor of him who strikes the last blow. By this tneaty yoo strike the great cereal and stock., internets of the northwestern states a staggering blow, but they will arise and return that blow with interest." tobaccoTteamery - BURNS IN RICHMOND RICHMOND. Va., Feb. 25.—Fire de stroyed the F. D. Williams & Co. to bacco stemmery at Twenty-first and Cary street and the Larus & Ejro. Co. manufacturing plant, 3 to 9 South Twenty-first street, this city. Lose about 3100.000 which is cover ed by insurance. Daring rescues of em ployes trapped in the burning buildings and of firemen overcome by smoke were features of the .fire and were applauded by thousands of spectators. Several firemen were injured, one of them seri ously, however. The Henrico county Jail was at one time threatened by the flames and the prisoners were removed to the city prison. They were panic-stricken. Both Williams A Co and tn® Larus company will start up work as soon as ossible. 175 CURBBROKERS INDORSE NEW MARKET » NEW YORK, Feb. 25.—One hundred and seventy-five curb brokers, lurve today in dorsed the proposed constitution of the New York Curb Market association, there by assuring the success of the plan. Two hundred .of the curb brokers of good standing were given the privilege of join ing the new organization. which is to be governed along lines similar to the rules of the New York stock exchange. CABBAGE SHIPPED BY WAGON LOADS BAINBRIDGE. Ga.. Feb. 25.-Wagon loads of headed cabbage have been com ing into Bainbridge all the week from the plantation of John E. Donalson. in the southern part of the county. The cabbages are nicely crated and will go to ihA imrrharn »v»« r-k ?EICH LOSS TO MCE MIS TOM PER GENT Darkest Reports Come from Americus Where Half of Crop Is Killed <>y Associated Frees.'* MACON. Ga.. Feb. 25.—Comprehensive and authoritative reports received here indicate that the ©each crop of south and middle Georgia has weathered the cold invasion with an average loss of blooming buds amounting to between 15 and 20 per cent. The darkest reports come from Amer icus, whero it is estimated by growers that Thursday night’s frost killed half the blooms. Even this will leave a' fair bloom. Marshallville. Fort Valley and other points In the heart of the peach produc ing section have come through with comparatively flying colors. Marshallville growers estimate only 15 per cent loss. The Hale orchards of Fort Valley reoort a maximum of 25 per cent loss of the early bloom, which latter is only about 25 per cent of the entire crop. Reynolds. Nutler and further south report no damage. Barnesville esti mates 25 per cent. Thomas Growers Unable To Tell Extent of Damage THOMASVILLE. Ga., Feb. 25.—How much damage has been done in this sec tion by the recent cold it seems impos sible yet to tell, as reports are very conflicting. As far as early vegetables are concerned it seems to depend a good deal upon the locality and soil, as well as the degree of exposure. The great dryness of the soil all over south Georgia has prevented the injury which would otherwise have been great, as vegetation is fully a month ahead in this section and everything in a condi tion to have been ruined. In some sec tions of the county a goofi many peaches are raised and the fears are that they, with the LeConte pears, may drop their fruit, which had begun to form. The cold may have the* effect of delaying the planting of corn, etc., which many had designed to begin next week. Reports Are Conflicting On Damage to Crops SAVANNAH, Ga., Feb. 25—The Central of Georgia railway’s agricultural and fruit bureau gets very conflicting reports relative to the damage done by the cold wate in Georgia. Some of these say the fruit has been damaged fully 80 per cent, wtyile others say it does not amount to 10 per cent. It is believed the crop In Georgia could sustain a loss of 50 per cent and not be hurt very much. Heavy Loss of Peaches Reported in Some Sections SAVANNAH, Ga., Feb. 25.—Reports re ceived here last night from Americus, Milledgevile and Barnesville tell of fruit growers' statements that the Joss to the peach crop from the now passing cold snap was very heavy. -*, E. A. Ray, of near Americus. '■ quoted as saying that fnlly one-half of the buds in his orchard of 200,000 trees were killed. Little Damage Done By Cold in Florida JACKSONVILLE, Fla.. Feb. 25.—Re ports from nearly every section of the state are that the cold wave has done very little damage in Florida, during to the timely preparations of the truck growers and cltrue grove owners. Only the most delicate vegetables were in jured. STWIm PUNNED FOR fflflEll Drainage Congress Proposes a Model Demonstration Farm in Former Swamp (Pj Aeevneted Press.* BRUNSWICK, Ga.. Feb. 25.—A proposed drainage law for Georgia, which is almost a duplicate of that of North Carolina, was drafted by the Georgia Drainage con gress in session here. Gov.-elect Hoke Smith, of Georgia, who made one of the principal addresses, pledged himself to sign any carefully considered bill put in his hands by the legislature. It was proposed that a model demon stration farm be established by the state in reclaimed territory to show what can be done with lands formerly swamp. A trip out to sea and a smoker were the features of the entertainment. fruit7s~damagedT SAY PUTNAM GROWERS EATONTON, Ga., Feb. 25.-According to reports received today from orchard itts in different sections of Putnam, your correspondent, interviewing the largest peach orchard owners, estimates of damage to the crop in this section i vary from 30 to 60 per cent, with an ■ estimate by Mr. B. W. Hunt, vice president of the Georgia Horticultural society, after a careful examination of buds submitted to him. of about 50 per cent. i Messrs. Walter Broadfield, Frank W. ; Holt, Z. J. anti A. S. Edmondson, Will | Rainey and Dr. E. Y. Walker, all have I large orchards, and Messrs. Rainey and Walker operate a small cannery at their : orchards, finding it fully, if not more , profitable, than shipments to commission I dealers. Mr. Holt also has a large plum ' orchard In connection with liis peach or -1 chard, and it is thought that these i have been damaged heavier than the . peach crop. FORESTRYHERETO STAY, SAYS FORESTER GRAVES NEW HAVEN. Conn.. Feb. 25.-’The national fight has won for us and fores try has come <o stay,” said National For ester Harry S. Graves today in his ad dress at the closing exercises of the Yale Forestry school. "Ten years ago forestry was regarded with some doubt by the court try at large, but now we have passed the second stag", emphasized by the passage of the ; Appalachian bill in congress last week." I The Yale students of forestry go at ; once to Texas for field work, and 49 >«eniors will send hack delegates to the I nnmmpnr#>mpnt. EXTRA SESSION PUHPOSE OF TIFT IF IT IS NEEDED The President Says That If Call for Congress Is Is sued That It Will Be for April 4 f (By Associated Free*.) WASHINGTON. Feb. 25,-So probable is It that an extra session of congress will be necessary in order to get action on the Canadian reciprocity management, that President Taft has fixed April 4 as the date on which such a session may be called. The April date was selected after con sultation with Champ Clark, who will be speaker of the next house, and Repre sentative Underwood, of Alabama, who will be chairman of the ways and means committee, which will have charge of and report the reciprocity bill in the house. The president had intended to convene the extra session at an earlier date, but Representatives Clark and Underwood told him they would like to have a month’s time after the present con gress adjourns in which to map out the Democratic plans for the next-session. There was no change in the situation in the senate today regarding the Cana dian reciprocity agreement and the lead ers see no hope of bringing to a vote at this session the McCall bill to carry the bill into effect. Many rumors were circulated of moves te remedy the situation, but apparently they were all without foundation. The most persistent of all was one that Senator Aldrich, famed for winning leg islative battles which his colleagues thought lost, was speeding to Washing ton at the urgent solicitations of the president, to take charge of the situa tion in the senate. ALDRICH FOR TREATY. The Aldrich rumor apparently was a distortion of a telegram which the sen ator sent from Jekyl Island, Ga.. where he has been for several weeks in search of health, saying that if he were here he would vote for the Canadian agree ment. The telegram was to one of the sen ate leaders asking that a pair be ar ranged for him in favor of the McCall bill if it comes to a vote this session. The fact that such a telegram was re ceived was whispered about the senate and created some surprise as many stand-pat senators had believed Senator Aldrich, like Senator Hale, of Maine, would oppose the reciprocal arrange ment.. Many correspondents sent reports to their papers, some saying that Senator Aldrich would be in Washington on Monday and others that he left Bruns wick, Ga.. early today and would reach here Sunday. Jekyl Island, where Mr. Aldrich has been sojourning, is isolated so far as communication is concerned, and there fore, in the absence of contradictions of the ktory, it gained currency. It'Ts not believed by any of Senator Aldrich’s immediate friends in the senate nor at the White House. As a matter qf fact, no one believes that the coming of Senator Aldrich would alter the Situation in respect to the McCall bill. The measure is opposed by Senators Cummins, Bristow and Clapp and many other Insurgent Repub licans. The arrival of Mr. Aldrich and any attempt by him to force the con sideration of the bill upon the senate would be like shaking a red rag in the face of a bull. It would serve, accord ing to the consensus of opinion in the senate, only to Intensify the Insurgents’ fight against the measure. Not only that, but his friendship for the bill un questionably would alienate some of his best friends like Senators Hale, McCum ber. Smoot and others who aided him In framing the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill, but who are opposed to the Canadian agreement. i Senator McCumber spoke against the bill today, basing his argument on the disastrous effect which he said its en actment would have upon the farming industry. Canadian Farmer Tells of Reciprocity OTTAWA, Ont., Feb. 25.—“ As far a» the reciprocity agreement goes, it has the complete approval of the western farmers, but dissatisfaction Is expressed at the smallness of the reduction In the duty on agricultural Imports.” This was the statement today of James Bower, president of the Canadian National council and of the United Farmers of Alberta, who Is In Ottawa to urge the government to grant in full the demands of the farmers' delegation of December 15. "If, howeevr,” said Mr. Bower, “the contention of some is correct that the agreement Is but the first steo toward breaking” lown the system of protection the farmers may well hall it with un qualified satisfaction. "The antl-reclprocity speakers are ab solutely wrong as to how it would af fect western farming conditions. Now, with the prospect of a market we could engage in growing the crop whicn ts most suitable to our natural conditions and with the assurance of competition in the cattlo trade and an outside mar ket for our stock, the cattle trade would receive a wonderful stimulus." HAD TO MILK IN RAIN AND SUES FOR DIVORCE A cross-bill for divorce was filed in the superior court Saturday by Mrs. Lizzie Elliott Phillips, charging her husband, W. S. Phillips, with cruel treatment. She says he beat her and made her milk the cow in the rain. Also, says she. he told her she hadn't done it nearly so well as a negro could have. Wherefore Mrs. Phillips asks that the court grant her, and not her husband, the divorce. TOBACCO POOL IS FORMED BY GROWERS LEXINGTON, Ky.. Feb. 25.—Tho Ken tucky branch of the American Society of Equity hold a secret session at Mount Sterling. Ky.. last night where the ctatc Farmers’ Institute was meeting and or ganized i movement for a pool of the 1911 crop of white hurley tobacco. This is a blow at the Burley tobacco union which has been working for the elimination of the 1911 crop. BLUE RIDGF., Ga., Feb. 27.—W. D. Pope died here yesterday very suddenly under peculiar circumstances. An In quest was held and his stomach was sent to Atlanta to see if it contained nntenn and if co arrests will follow. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1911 8 IF BY ACCiOBNT You SHOUUP happen yo CHICKENS ** co'XTto ROOM BUT SHOULD BE GWE.M THU Y F-REEOOrtfi OF You Ft FLAT USE YOUR- THEY'RE FINE FOR, MOTHS FIRE LESS COOKELRL f roR - an A incubator- » WffUfiv '•tv V - ’ I r —k* J /i cant uay a* \ k • / Uixn for mnor) - -Xl \ [ THAT WNO or j I M < \ I --at ZSiLM- MAKES A FINE -r: \ > it nest IF You WANT Your OTOMTISOi LITTLE tHICKS TO BE HEALTHY, YOU Illi t aaIBWI mu stmt fondue ... _ Ifß frvNTHi i FINE FoR, THE first Xoileo AIY (squawk?) -e—. V" nest . 1 ' Wlf V J j kA wa/ the EASIEST WAY / / \ / r °«- IL -/ -rrAfM HOUSEKEEPERS f Youl w.FE W TO RAISE CHICKENS t ' the difference between \ very popular. t PERTINENT POULTRY PARAPHRASES GREAT ENTHUSIASM AT TALLEDEGA POULTRY SHOW Fine Displays of Birds and Big Crowd Mgjfe Show a Success BT BORING BROWN. SMYRNA, Ga., Feb. 25. —I have just re turned from the Talladega, Ala., show. Finished judging the birds at 6 o’clock yesterday afternoon. It lias been many a day since I have seen as much ejt .thusiasm in a small town as I found at this show. The building was packed with visitors from the time the doors open ed until I left. The displays of birds were neatly arranged in the armory in beautiful new coops. There were birds in this lot that would have won honors at the recent Atlanta show—es pecially in Rhode Islands Reds, Buff Orpingtons and White Orpingtons. The display in each of theso classes contained some magnificent birds. The Barred and White Rocks display was also strong—especially the Barred Rocks. Most of the popular varieties were well represented. A number of good sales were made dur ing the day,-and the Interest in value that this show will bring to Talladega will be felt for many years to come. The merchants of the town donated a splendid list of premiums—each mer chant giving some article of value from their line of business or cash. They re ceived advertising that was of value to them as well as making up a good list worth competing for, and helped the breeders, as well as themselves, to fos ter an Industry that the entire south is thoroughly aroused on, and it Is well that they should be, as it is adding many dollars of revenue in our midst that has been getting away from us. The officers of the have arranged for another big show next year, and we pre dict that in the next few years many prize winners will cornu from this section. A full list of awards at this show will be published in The Journal later. DALTON CORN CLUBS HEAR BRADFORD SPEAK Prizes Are Offered for Best Yields by the Individual Members DALTON, Ga., Feb. 25.—Dr. William Bradford, of Cedartown, in charge of the work of organizing boys’ corn clubs in this section of the state, is hero today to address the boys of the coun ty at the court house at 10 o’clock this morning. The coming of Dr. Bradford has been looked forward to for some time, and it is certain that a large number of boys interested in the work will meet him here today. Col. W. C. Martin, president of the Whitfield county board of education, will deliver an address to the boys. Considerable interest in the corn club has been manifested here in the past; and this year th premiums offered amount to several hundred dollars— much more than ever before. The club already has a good membership; and it is thought that there will be fully 100 contestants entered. ♦ ♦ ♦ STRAWBERRY GROWERS ♦ ♦ LOSE $500,000 BY COLD ♦ ♦ AMITE (TTY. La., Feb. 25.—1 tis ♦ ® claimed that tlie damage to straw- -e ♦ berries and other c’rops in this vi- -* ♦ ctnity as a result of cold weath- ♦ er of the past few days will reach ♦ $500,000. On one farm 5,300 bushels ♦ ®- of radishes and large fields of -e ♦ beets and lettuce were destroyed. ♦- SEED OF WONDERFUL COTTON COMING TO ATLANTA SOON “Caravonica” Variety Grows 15 to 30 Feet High and Has Bolls 7 Inches Long and 8 Inches in Diameter—Experi ments to Be Made by State Entomologist j* ~ ■» ■ »" 1 '’r r weevil will be forced to get’ flying machines if they expect to do any damage to a new species of cotton which is on its way to Atlanta for examination by the state department of agriculture. Capt. Bob Wright has just received a Letter from 8. Billow in Guatemala, Cen tral America, proclaiming the wonderful qualities of a new species of cotton 1 which grows from 15 to 30 feet high and bears bolls 7 inches long and 5 to 8 inches in diameter. In the letter from Senor Billow the writer requests the state agricultural de partment to sqpply him with one of their recent publications on the subject of cot- , ton as it is grown in this state. He also mentioned the fact that great success has been made in Central America by Dr. Thomates, an Italian scientist, who has pioduced a new species of cotton called the “caravonica” by hybridizing ■ a vayitty of cotton ound in Mexico with ' anofntr vartety which flourishes along the tributaries of the upper Amazon, in South America. The hybrid plant, according to the statement of Senor Billow, has been I raised with great success in both coun- ■ LIVE NEWS TOLD IN BRIEF An invisible spectre is haunting the halls and corridors of the Atlanta post office. Its name is Fear, its unseen hand is at the throat of every man and woman clerk ». .-loyed in that tion, stifling them to silence and sub mission to the rule of the inspectors. Pitiful to relate, the first result of the present demand of the newspapers and the public for the exposure of the Hitchcock spy system has been to cause a veritable reign of terror among the clerks and penal employes here whose daily bread is dependent on Tng their jobs. It is the terror of the slave or captive who watches in a frenzy of mental ag ony the effort of some would-be libera tor to strike off his shackles, realizing that if the effort fail and the attempt be discovered, he will be subjected to redoubled cruelties —particularly if h® has had the temerity to raise his own hand t o aid the effort. Tn accordance with a request just re ceived from the county commissioners of Brooks co mty. Governor of fered additional rewards of SIOO to the rewards of the same amount offered by the county commissioners in the follow ing cases: One hundred dollars for the person or persons who shot Love Brown at Barwilk, Brooks, county, on December 25, 1910; SIOO for the perr.' i vr , arsons who killed J. W. Joyce near Morven, Brooks county, on February 9, 1911. NEW YORK. Feb. 27.—With the call ing of the case of Joseph G. Robin, the indicted banker, in supreme court to day, the opening of an Important chap ter in the history of bank wrecking prosecutions here was promised. Rob in, whose financial operations caused the closing of three banks, including the Northern Bank, of New York, Is being prosecuted on the charge of the theft of $27,000 from the Washingtgon Sav ings bank, one of the closed institutions, of which he was president. Indications of possible sensational de velopment during the trial were not wanting, as Robin declared he would give many men of prominence in fi nance, whom he classes as his enemies, occasion to regret their alleged prosecu tion of him. Robin has been legally de clared sane, although alienists for the state pronounced him mentally unbalanc ed. r? L .< fries and the plant grows to a height of 15 to 30 feet, bearing bolls of enormous size which are filled with clear lint. The writer also called attention to th® fact that the floss of the hybrid plant was very silky and that .the plant Itself had prved to be a prolific yielder. From experiments conducted in the section of Central America around Guatemala it was stated that from 1,200 to 1,500 pounds per acre of clear lint had been grown, which amounts to two and a hall or three bales to the acre. Also that the ratio of the product was 48 to 62 per cent lint to the seed cotton, which is a much high er ratio than the cotton now being grown in Georgia Til® Georgia cotton produces about 33 1-3 per cent, and it is thought that wonder ful results can be obtained in this state by,- hybridizing the “caravonica” plant with the local short staple producer. Senor Billow has sent a package con taining some samples of the cotton from th® “caravonica” plant and also a num ber of seed which will b®, turned over upon their arrival to the state entomolo gist by Captain Wright for experiment purposes. WASHINGTON, Feb. 27,-With a full realization that after today there would be very little opportunity to give any con sideration to the ease of Senator Lori mer, his friends went into today’s ses sion of the senate with the determination of pressing the question to a vote before adjournment, if possible. Senator Pen rose, in charge of the postoffice appropri ation, was regarded as the principal ob stacle, but appeared willing to yield in favor of the Lorimer case if by so doing he could insure a vote upon it. Senator LaFoliette is still an uncertain factor but the supporters of Lorimer were confident that even though Mr. LaFol lette’s opposition should develop into a filibuster they still could force a vote, unless reinforcements should come to his assistance. By September 1, A. C. & J. G. Evins are planning to open the largest motion picture theater in the south, on White hall street. It will seat over 800 people and will cost between $20,000 and $25,000. Messrs. Evins are proprietors of the Vaudette motion picture sh< v on the east side of Whitehall, near Mitchell. WASHINGTON. Feb. 27.—That the president and congress shall call a halt and “take hands off” in the matter of the Mexican revolutionary is the “de mand” of certain residents of San An tonio, Tex. Their demand reached the senate today in a petition bearing 50 signatures. The document was address ed to “the president of the United States senate and to the speaker of the house of representatives,” and read: WASHINGTON. D. C.. Feb. 27.-A fH* buster to prevent a vote on the Lorimer case developed in the senate this after noon and interferred with Senator Ba con's purpose to address the senate on the popular election of senators. He was to have begun at 2 o’clock, but at this hour Senator Crawford, of South Dakota, had the floor and was making a rambling speech against Lorimer. He did not hold the attention and the sen ate and innumerable roll calls delayed matters. RICHMOND, Va., Feb. 27.—Jackson Bolton, assistant city engineer, was as phyxiated in his bath room today after having brooded several days over a censorious report made by a city coun cil Committee which investigated tbo engineer’s department. A number of costly errors were at tributed to Bolton. n TWIN STURTS ■ITS FOURTH WEEK; HUS BUSY PROCRAM College on Wheels Faces the Hard Task of Visiting Two Dczen Towns Between day and Saturday BI W. T. WATEES, JR. COLUMBUS, Ga., Feb. 27.—Wi h 2,213 ’ miles of the long journey already be hind it, the educational special of the a Georgia State College of Agriculture roll-' | ed out of the Union station here this morning to begin the fourth week of its tour to of the state, it will rest next Sunday in Savannah; the Sunday after | that, In Atlanta; the ensuing Sunday, in c Rome; and ere another week has turned, -i It will have completed Its work and ; vanished, like Halley’s comet, leaving be- ’ hind It a trail thousands, Instead of mil- | Hons, of miles long—a trail that is steady S ily clarifying the atmosphere and dis pelling the clouds of prejudice and life time habit, even now, while the train is ; yet on wheels. That the special is doing a great work for Georgia, cannot be doubted by any ’ observant man who gives it his atten- J tlon. It is making the farmer think. It , is making him realize that there is something more to his great vocation than mere back-breaking toil. It 111 teach- |: ing him that brains and business are ; needed on the farm as vitally as they ar® needed everywhere else. The train is not carrying a college edu cation to the man who raises Georgia'® corn and cotton. Were It even to at- j tempt that, it would fail dismally. That would be a titanic task, impossible to i perform. Yet some seem to think that It Is the train’s sole purpose. LESSONS FOR FARMERB. 1 9 But It is carrying a few deep lessons to the farmer. It is telling him how to j save his lands if they are rich, and how > to feed them if they are poor, ajd how ! to doctor them if they are sick. It is telling him to save his work by produc- J ing as much on a few acres a® he has 7 heretofore been producing on many; and ; it is showing him how to do that It is j counseling him to diversify his crops,! and to raise stock, and briefly telling ? him how to do both. In short, the educational spf-cial is carrying a capsule of information to the | farmer, showing him its effects, telling fl him that he can get other capsules at ‘.j the state college, and advising him, if a his circumstances permit, to Send his | sons there that they may partake of a full meal at the table of knowledge and J be prepared, as a lawyer or a doctor g or business man is prepared, for their s life work. It is spreading dissatisfaction vrtth the | old conditions. It is working, not for the college of agriculture nor for any in- | dividual, but for the agricultural devel- j opment of Georgia, for the stoppage of J leaks through which millions of dollars fl are lost each year, for the enrichment ® of the state. At Columbus, Saturday evenirg/ an- d other surprise awaited the tradr party, | ’Hee the one which greeted It St Savi»M nah a week before. OPEN HOUSE AT COLUMBUS. At Columbus the whole train had to ■] be thrown open. The local newspapers 1 had advertised the coming of the train. | and the community insisted upon see ing for itself what the farmers of Geor- a gia are seeing daily by tens of thou- | sands. Many farmers, apparently, had flj come tn from all parts of Muscog®«£| county to see the train. Most of the § visitors were city people, residents of Columbus. But one and all. whether cits | men or farmers, they looked long and | hard and with interest at every detail that was laid before them, and mad® 3 comments and asked inteliigerir ques- j tions, and went away talking about it • all. The doors of the exhibits could have been left open till midnight, ; they were at Savannah, or later;.".;; But the party aboard the train IS dwindling daily, now. and hardly a cor- - poral’s guard was left, when it reached this city' Saturday night. It was too big a task, and there were too few men to g perform it, and all were too tired, to give ’ Columbus and Muscogee county all bt ; the educational train that they seemed to ! crave. So the doors were shut at 9 j o’clock, by previous agreement with the ; considerate leaders of the local reoep- | tlon, after they had been open to the public for two hours. The present week's work will carry the i train, Monday, in the charge of the Cen tral railroad, to Geneva, Butler. Perry fl and Fort Valley; Tuesday, to Milledg®- fl vilie, Eatonton, Monticello and Gray; | Wednesday, under charge of the Macon, Dublin and Savannah, to Jeffersonville, i Danville, Dublin and Soperton; Thurs day. in charge of the Georgia, Southern and Florida, to Wellston, Vienna, Ash burn and Sparks; Friday, again in the charge of the Central, to Forsyth, j Barnesville and Thomaston; and Satur- 1 day, to Gordon. Toomsboro, Tennlll® and -fl Wadley. From Wadley the train will be run into Savannah to spend Sun- J day. At Columbus the members of the par- J ty were shown numerous courtesies on Sunday by J. L. Hunt, traveling passen- .1 ger agent of the Central, whose quarters are here. Through his thought- |g fulness, they were provided with card® fl to the Elks’ club here, and so were pro* fl vided with the means of adm ssiqn t® | ' several new and pleasant friendship®. I Prof. T. 11. McHatton, head of th® 3 i horticultural department at the college, fl relieved Prof. G. W. Firor, who has been 3 with the train since it started, here yes- S terday, for a week’s trip. Prof. R. J. H. * DeLoach, of the cotton industry depart- -3 ment of the college, relieved Prof. John "j R. Fain, agronomist, so: a like period. J, Royal Time Is Planned By Douglasville Folk I DOUGLASVILLE, / Ga.. Feb. 27.-On S March 21 the educational train wilf ar rive in Douglasville at 10:30 a. m. for a J stay of two or three hours. It is ex pected that every person in Douglas coun ty will be present to meet his train and give Dr. Soiile ar.d his assistants a roydl welcome. The Douglasville Silver Cornet,/t band will be present’and furnish music Ml for the occasion. | A committee consisting of Mayor Ed wards. Dr. T. R. Whitley, W. M. McLarty | and O A. Selman lias been appointed qt-fl the meeting of the town council to ar- fl range a program for the day. * This committee urges every person- in "S the county who has fancy chickens, pig-Jfl cons, cattle, hogs, horses, mules and dog»fl| to bring them to Douglasville, March ZJ, J and exhibit them on the front street from J the Phillips ami Dr. Selman’s corners. Th® educational train boasts that they ex- ig hibit with the train and we want to show T them and all visitors on that day just ■ what Douglas can show. . It is also planned to have an address 'ii In the afternoon on the good road® mov®- « meat by some visitor who has tna/le this i | subject a study. NO. 46.